Active matrix organic light emitting diode panel and method for manufacturing the same

ABSTRACT

The disclosure discloses an active matrix organic light emitting diode panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The active matrix organic light emitting diode panel includes: a substrate, an organic film formed on the substrate, and a plurality of red, green and blue organic light emitting diodes formed on the organic film. A first recess or a first protrusion is formed in the organic film in a region corresponding to the blue organic light emitting diode. The blue organic light emitting diode is formed on the first recess or first protrusion, and a contact area of the blue organic light emitting diode with the organic film is 
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times as great as a contact area of the red organic light emitting film with the organic film, wherein n is a value ranging from 1.4 to 1.6.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 14/086,613, filed on Nov. 21, 2013, which claims the benefit ofpriority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201210526005.9, entitled“ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PANEL AND METHOD FORMANUFACTURING THE SAME”, filed on Dec. 7, 2012 with the StateIntellectual Property Office of People's Republic of China. The entiredisclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein byreference.

BACKGROUND

An active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) panel is farsuperior to a thin-film technology liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) inpicture quality, efficiency and cost. As for the display efficiency, theresponse speed of the AMOLED is faster, the contrast of the AMOLED ishigher and the viewing angle of the AMOLED is broader. In addition, theAMOLED has a feature of self-luminous, whereby no backlight source isneeded and the AMOLED can be lighter, thinner and more energy efficientthan the TFT. Therefore, the AMOLED is referred to as the nextgeneration of display technology.

Generally, as shown in FIG. 1, an AMOLED panel 100 includes: a substrate101 and a plurality of pixels 102 formed on the substrate 101. The pixel102 includes a red organic light emitting diode 1021, a green organiclight emitting diode 1022 and a blue organic light emitting diode 1023.In general, the areas of the red organic light emitting diode 1021, thegreen organic light emitting diode 1022 and the blue organic lightemitting diode 1023 are equal. However, the lifetime of the blue organiclight emitting diode is typically shorter, as shown in FIG. 2, becausethe lifetime of the blue organic light emitting diode has strongerdependency with the current density thereof. The greater the currentdensity is, the shorter the lifetime of the blue organic light emittingdiode is, while the smaller the current density is, the longer thelifetime of the blue organic light emitting diode is, as shown in FIG.3. In order to prolong the lifetime of the blue organic light emittingdiode, the blue organic light emitting diode 1023 having large bottomarea is typically manufactured and the current density thereof isreduced to prolong the lifetime of the blue organic light emitting diodesuch that the service life of the whole AMOLED is prolonged.

However, as shown in FIG. 4, in the case where the bottom area of theblue organic light emitting diode is increased, the area of the wholepixel tube 102 is also increased, causing the resolution of the wholeAMOLED panel to be reduced. That is, the prolonging of the service lifeof the AMOLED is at the expense of compromising the resolution of theAMOLED panel.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides an active matrix organic light emittingdiode panel, including: a substrate; a patterned layer comprising thinfilm transistors (TFTs) on the substrate, divided into red, green, andblue regions; a passivation layer disposed on the patterned layer; anorganic film formed on the substrate; and a plurality of red, green andblue organic light emitting diodes formed on the organic film; wherein afirst recess or a first protrusion is formed in the organic film in aregion corresponding to the blue organic light emitting diode, the blueorganic light emitting diode is formed on the first recess or the firstprotrusion, and a contact area of the blue organic light emitting diodewith the organic film is

$\frac{S_{r\; 0}}{\sqrt[n]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}$times as great as a contact area of the red organic light emitting diodewith the organic film, wherein the S_(r0) represents the contact area ofthe red organic light emitting diode with the organic film,Lifetime_(r0) represents a lifetime of the red organic light emittingdiode in a case that the contact area of the red organic light emittingdiode with the organic film is S_(r0); Lifetime_(b0) represents alifetime of the blue organic light emitting diode in a case that thecontact area of the blue organic light emitting diode with the organicfilm is S_(r0); and n is a value ranging from 1.4 to 1.6.

The disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing an activematrix organic light emitting diode panel, including: providing asubstrate; forming an organic film on the substrate; exposing theorganic film with a gray-tone mask; etching to remove part of theorganic film and forming a first recess or a first protrusion on theorganic film; and forming a plurality of red, green and blue organiclight emitting diodes on the organic film; wherein the blue organiclight emitting diode is formed on the first recess or the firstprotrusion, and a contact area of the blue organic light emitting diodewith the organic film is

$\frac{S_{r\; 0}}{\sqrt[n]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}$times as great as a contact area of the red organic light emitting filmwith the organic film, wherein the S_(r0) represents the contact area ofthe red organic light emitting film with the organic film, Lifetime_(r0)represents a lifetime of the red organic light emitting film in a casethat the contact area of the red organic light emitting film with theorganic film is S_(r0); Lifetime_(b0) represents a lifetime of the blueorganic light emitting film in a case that the contact area of the blueorganic light emitting film with the organic film is S_(r0); and n is avalue ranging from 1.4 to 1.6.

In the active matrix organic light emitting diode panel provided in thepresent disclosure, the first recess or protrusion is formed in theorganic film in the region corresponding to the blue organic lightemitting diode, and the blue organic light emitting diode is formed onthe first recess or protrusion for which the surface area is larger thanor equal to the contact area of the red or green organic light emittingdiode with the organic film. The blue organic light emitting diode isformed on the first recess or protrusion, that is, the contact area ofthe blue organic light emitting diode with the organic film depends onthe surface area of the recess or protrusion. Therefore, in the casewhere the surface area of the recess or protrusion is larger than thecontact area of the red or green organic light emitting diode with theorganic film, the contact area of the blue organic light emitting diodewith the organic film is relatively increased and the current density ofthe blue organic light emitting diode may be reduced accordingly, sothat the lifetime of the blue organic light emitting diode is prolonged.Since the increase in the contact area of the blue organic lightemitting diode with the organic film may be implemented simply byincreasing the surface area of the recess or protrusion withoutincreasing the opening area of the recess or the bottom surface area ofthe protrusion, the size of the pixel can be maintained as it is, thatis, the contact area of the blue organic light emitting diode with theorganic film is increased without changing the resolution, and theservice life of the whole AMOLED is improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an active matrix organiclight emitting diode panel in the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of lifetimes of the red, green and blue organiclight emitting diodes;

FIG. 3 is a diagram of the relation between the lifetime and the surfacecurrent density of the organic light emitting diode;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another active matrixorganic light emitting diode panel in the prior art;

FIG. 5 to FIG. 12 are sectional views of an active matrix organic lightemitting diode panel in the manufacturing process according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an active matrix organiclight emitting diode panel according to another embodiment of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 14 is a top view of an active matrix organic light emitting diodepanel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 15 is a method for enlarging the contact area between organic lightemitting diode and the organic film according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a blue organic lightemitting diode and/or green organic light emitting diode is formed on arecess or protrusion and the contact area of the blue and/or greenorganic light emitting diode with an organic film below the blue and/orgreen organic light emitting diode is changed by changing the surfacearea of the recess or protrusion. In the case where the surface area ofthe recess or protrusion is larger than the contact area of the redorganic light emitting diode with the organic film, the contact area ofthe blue and/or green organic light emitting diode with the organic filmis relatively increased and the current density therein may be reducedaccordingly, thus the lifetime of the blue and/or green organic lightemitting diode and hence the service life of the whole AMOLED areprolonged without compromising the resolution of the whole AMOLED.

In the following, a method for manufacturing an active matrix organiclight emitting diode panel according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure will be described in detail in conjunction with FIG. 5 toFIG. 12. In the embodiment, only the contact area of the blue organiclight emitting diode with the organic film is enlarged. In otherembodiment, the contact area of the green organic light emitting diodewith the organic film may also be enlarged in a similar way.

Firstly, as shown in FIG. 5, a substrate 201 is provided. The substrate201 typically is a transparent glass substrate.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of thin film transistors 202 areformed on the substrate 201, and a passivation layer 203 is formed onthe thin film transistors 202 and the substrate 201.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, an organic film 204 is formed on thepassivation layer 203. The material of the shrinking organic film ispolyimide. Then, photoresist 2041 is coated on the organic film 204 andthe photoresist 2041 is exposed with a gray-tone mask 205. On thegray-tone mask 205, slits 206 with different widths less than the sizeof pixel are arranged. Therefore, after the photoresist 2041 is exposedwith the gray-tone mask 205, exposed parts with different exposurelevels may be formed on the photoresist 2041, that is, different levelsof exposure are formed on the photoresist 2041 and a part of the organicfilm is revealed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, a first dry etching is performed on theorganic film 204, so as to form a first etched recess 2071 on theorganic film 204.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9, a second exposing is performed on thephotoresist 2041 with the same gray-tone mask 205, and another part ofthe organic film 204 may be further revealed due to different exposurelevels.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10, a second dry etching is further performed onthe organic film 204 in addition to the first etched recess 2071.Accordingly, multiple recesses 207 with different depths are formed inthe organic film 204.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the residual of the photoresist 2041 isstripped off. Then the organic film 204 undergoes high-temperaturebaking under the temperature in a range of 180 to 220 degrees Celsiusfor a period of 10 mins to 15 mins. In the baked organic film 204, stepsof the recess 207 may shrink under heat, therefore a smoothhemispherical or semi-ellipsoidal shape is formed. And since the recess207 is formed in the organic film 204, the maximum depth D of the recess207 should be less than or equal to the thickness H of the organic film204.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of pixels 208 are formed on theorganic film 204. Each of the plurality of pixels 208 includes a redorganic light emitting diode 2081, a green organic light emitting diode2082 and a blue organic light emitting diode 2083. The blue organiclight emitting diode 2083 is formed on the recess 207, and the surfacearea of the recess 207 is larger than or equal to the contact area ofthe red organic light emitting diode 2081 or the green organic lightemitting diode 2082 with the organic film 204.

Each of the colored organic light emitting diodes, i.e. the red organiclight emitting diode 2081, the green organic light emitting diode 2082and the blue organic light emitting diode 2083 which are included ineach pixel 208, includes a transparent anode layer formed on the organicfilm, a hole injection layer formed on the transparent anode layer, ahole transport layer formed on the hole injection layer, an organiclight emitting layer formed on the hole transport layer, an electrontransport layer formed on the organic light emitting layer, an electroninjection layer formed on the electron transport layer and a cathodeformed on the electron injection layer. The construction and themanufacture of the colored organic light emitting diodes are well knownand will not be described herein.

So far, an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) panel 200as shown in FIG. 12 is formed, including the substrate 201, the organicfilm 204 formed on the substrate 201, and the plurality of pixels 208formed on the organic film 204. Each of the pixels 208 includes the redorganic light emitting diode 2081, the green organic light emittingdiode 2082 and the blue organic light emitting diode 2083. A recess 207is formed in the organic film 204 in the region corresponding to theblue organic light emitting diode 2083, the blue organic light emittingdiode 2083 is formed on the recess 207, and the surface area of therecess 207 is larger than the contact area of the red organic lightemitting diode 2081 or the green organic light emitting diode 2082 withthe organic film 204.

The blue organic light emitting diode 2083 is formed on the recess 207.According to the relation between the lifetime and the current densityof the organic light emitting diode as shown in FIG. 3, it can be seenthat the lifetime of the organic light emitting diode depends on thecurrent density on the surface. That is to say, the lifetime of the blueorganic light emitting diode 2083 depends on the surface area of therecess 207. The larger the surface area of the recess 207 is, thesmaller the density of the current flowing through the blue organiclight emitting diode 2083 is, and the longer the lifetime of the blueorganic light emitting diode 2083 is. Therefore, it is just needed toincrease the surface area of the recess 207 to prolong the lifetime ofthe blue organic light emitting diode 2083. In the case where thesurface area of the recess 207 is larger than the contact area of thered organic light emitting diode 2081 or the green organic lightemitting diode 2082 with the organic film 204, the lifetime of the blueorganic light emitting diode 2083 may be prolonged.

It should be noted that the above arrangement of the organic lightemitting diodes is only exemplary, and there may be various arrangementsfor the red organic light emitting diode 2081, the green organic lightemitting diode 2082 and the blue organic light emitting diode 2083 toform a pixel, with the only condition that the contact area of the blueorganic light emitting diode 2083 with the organic film is larger thanthe contact area of the red organic light emitting diode 2081 or thegreen organic light emitting diode 2082 with the organic film.

As shown in FIG. 14, the opening area of the recess 207 may be less thanor equal to the contact area of the red organic light emitting diode2081 or the green organic light emitting diode 2082 with the organicfilm 204, to further improve the resolution of the active matrix organiclight emitting diode panel 200. The resolution of the active matrixorganic light emitting diode panel 200 depends on the size of the crosssectional of the pixel 208. The contact area of the red organic lightemitting diode 2081 or the green organic light emitting diode 2082 withthe organic film 204 is unchanged, while the opening area of the recess207 is less than or equal to the contact area of the red organic lightemitting diode 2081 or the green organic light emitting diode 2082 withthe organic film 204. That is, the contact area of the blue organiclight emitting diode 2083 with the organic film is less than or equal tothe area of the surface where the red organic light emitting diode 2081or the green organic light emitting diode 2082 contacts the organicfilm. Therefore, the size of the whole pixel 208 is reduced relatively,and the resolution of the whole active matrix organic light emittingdiode panel 200 is improved.

Still referring to FIG. 11, the recess 207 in the embodiment ishemispherical. Of course, the shape of the recess 207 is not limited tobe hemispherical and may be arbitrary shape with an opening area lessthan or equal to the area of the surface where the red organic lightemitting diode 2081 or the green organic light emitting diode 2082contacts the organic film 204, such as W-shaped, step-shaped orwedge-shaped. Recess of different shapes may be formed by employingdifferent gray-tone masks 205. In the case where the boundary of therecess 207 is sharp, for example, for the W-shaped, step-shaped orwedge-shaped recess, the high-temperature baking may not be performed tomaintain the sharp boundary of the recess 207.

In the present disclosure, the contact area of the blue organic lightemitting diode with the organic film is larger than the contact area ofthe red or green organic light emitting diode with the organic film,thereby the service life of the blue organic light emitting diode isprolonged. For this purpose, the blue organic light emitting diode isformed on the recess for which the surface area is larger than thecontact area of the red or green organic light emitting diode with theorganic film in this embodiment. It should be understood that, inanother embodiment of the present disclosure, the recess may be replacedwith a protrusion. As long as the surface area of the protrusion islarger than the contact area of the red or green organic light emittingdiode with the organic film and the blue organic light emitting diode isformed on the protrusion, the lifetime of the blue organic lightemitting diode can also be prolonged. Similarly, the protrusion may behemispherical, M-shaped or wedge-shaped. In addition, the bottom surfacearea of the protrusion may be less than or equal to the contact area ofthe red or green organic light emitting diode with the organic film tofurther improve the resolution of the active matrix organic lightemitting diode panel.

It should be noted that a recess or protrusion may also be formed in theorganic film at the place corresponding to the red organic lightemitting diode 2081 and/or the green organic light emitting diode 2082,under the condition that the contact area of the blue organic lightemitting diode 2083 with the organic film is larger than the contactarea of the red organic light emitting diode 2081 or the green organiclight emitting diode 2082 with the organic film.

The lifetime of the green organic light emitting diode is longer thanthat of the blue organic light emitting diode but is shorter than thatof the red organic light emitting diode, as shown in FIG. 2.Accordingly, in another embodiment of the present disclosure, both theblue and green organic light emitting diodes are formed on recesses orprotrusions, where the surface area of the recess or protrusion for theblue organic light emitting diode is larger than the surface area of therecess or protrusion for the green organic light emitting diode. Asshown in FIG. 13, an active matrix organic light emitting diode panel300 is formed, including the substrate 301, the organic film 304 formedon the substrate 301, and the plurality of pixels 308 formed on theorganic film 304. Each of the pixels 308 includes the red organic lightemitting diode 3081, the green organic light emitting diode 3082 and theblue organic light emitting diode 3083. A first recess 307 and a secondrecess 309 are formed in the organic film 304 in the regioncorresponding to the blue organic light emitting diode 3083 and thegreen organic light emitting diode 3082, respectively. The blue organiclight emitting diode 3083 is formed on the first recess 307, and thecontact area of the blue organic light emitting diode 3083 with theorganic film is larger than the contact area of the red organic lightemitting diode 3081 with the organic film 304 and is further larger thanthe contact area of the green organic light emitting diode 3082 with theorganic film 304. The green organic light emitting diode 3082 is formedon the second recess 309, and the contact area of the green organiclight emitting diode 3082 with the organic film is larger than thecontact area of the red organic light emitting diode 3081 with theorganic film 304 but is smaller than the contact area of the blueorganic light emitting diode 3083 with the organic film 304.

The blue organic light emitting diode 3083 and the green organic lightemitting diode 3082 are formed on the first recess 307 and the secondrecess 309 respectively. FIG. 3 shows the relationship between thedecreasing lifetime and the increasing current density of the organiclight emitting diode. The lifetime of the blue organic light emittingdiode 3083 depends on the surface area of the first recess 307 and thelifetime of the green organic light emitting diode 3082 depends on thesurface area of the second recess 309. One can apply the same amount oftotal power to the blue or green diodes, the current density flowingthrough the organic light emitting diode decreases from the largersurface area of the recess or protrusion, resulting in prolongedlifetime of the organic light emitting diode. Specifically, the surfacearea of the first recess 307 and the second recess 309 are bothincreased to benefit the lifetime of the green organic light emittingdiode 3082, similarly as in the case of blue OLED 3083.

In summary, in the active matrix organic light emitting diode panelsprovided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the recess orprotrusion is formed in the organic film in the region corresponding tothe blue and/or green organic light emitting diode, the blue and/orgreen organic light emitting diode is formed on the recess orprotrusion, and the surface area of the recess or protrusion is largerthan the contact area of the red organic light emitting diode with theorganic film. Therefore, the contact area of the blue and/or greenorganic light emitting diode with the organic film is increased and thelifetime of the blue and/or green organic light emitting diode isprolonged. Since the increasing in the contact area of the blue and/orgreen organic light emitting diode may be implemented simply byincreasing the surface area of the recess or protrusion withoutincreasing the opening area of the recess or the bottom surface area ofthe protrusion, the size of the pixel can be maintained as it is, thatis, the contact area of the blue and/or green organic light emittingdiode with the organic film is increased without changing theresolution, so that the service life of the whole AMOLED is improved.

The above describes increasing the contact area of the blue and/or greenorganic light emitting diode with the organic film to prolong thelifetime of the blue and/or green organic light emitting diode.Following will describe how to determine the proportion of the contactareas of the red, green and blue organic light emitting diodes, toobtain a good service life of the whole AMOLED.

The lifetime of the organic light emitting diode may correlate luminanceattenuation of the organic light emitting diode. Based on the law ofluminance attenuation, the luminance of the organic light emitting diodemay be calculated using the following equation (1) which simulatesluminance attenuated with time:

$\begin{matrix}{{L(t)} = {L_{0}\mspace{11mu}{\exp\left\lbrack {- \left( \frac{t}{a} \right)^{1/n}} \right\rbrack}}} & (1)\end{matrix}$

wherein t represents running time of the organic light emitting diode;L(t) represents the luminance of the organic light emitting diode attime t; L₀ represents the initial luminance of the organic lightemitting diode, i.e., the initial value of L(t); a is a constant; and nis an accelerating factor which reflects attenuation rate of theluminance with time.

Equation (2) can be derived from equation (1):ln[ln(L ₀ /L(t))]=1/nln(t)−1/nln(a)  (2)

The relation between luminance attenuation, i.e., lifetime, of theorganic light emitting diode and the luminance of the organic lightemitting diode can be obtained from equations (1) and (2), and bycalculating different lifetime and luminance L(t₁) and L(t₂) using t₁and t₂, the luminance attenuation, i.e., lifetime, of the organic lightemitting diode may be represented as following equations (3) and (4):

$\begin{matrix}{{Lifetime}_{1} = {{\ln\left( \frac{L\left( t_{1} \right)}{L_{0}} \right)} = {- \left( \frac{t_{1}}{a} \right)^{\frac{1}{n}}}}} & (3) \\{{Lifetime}_{2} = {{\ln\left( \frac{L\left( t_{2} \right)}{L_{0}} \right)} = {- \left( \frac{t_{2}}{a} \right)^{\frac{1}{n}}}}} & (4)\end{matrix}$

Lifetime₁ represents the lifetime of the organic light emitting diode ina case that the luminance is L(t₁); and Lifetime₂ represents thelifetime of the organic light emitting diode in a case that theluminance is L(t₂).

From the above, the relationship between the lifetime and the luminanceof the organic light emitting diode is obtained in the followingequation (5):

$\begin{matrix}{{Lifetime}_{1} = {{Lifetime}_{2}\left( \frac{L_{2}}{L_{1}} \right)}^{n}} & (5)\end{matrix}$

FIG. 3 illustrates n experimental graph of lifetime attenuation curvesof the organic light emitting diode at different current densities. Thegraph illustrates data obtained from experiments. The graph shows thatthe greater the current density is, the faster the lifetime attenuationis. In view of the linear relationship between the luminance and thecurrent density, the greater the luminance is, the faster the lifetimeattenuation is.

FIG. 3 illustrates lifetime attenuation as a function of illuminationcurrent density from 20 mA/cm2, 30 mA/cm2 . . . to 100 mA/cm2 obtainedfrom experiments. From these curves, the value of n is calculated to beabout 1.5 according to the above equations. Preferably, the value of nis 1.4-1.6. Following is an example taking n as 1.5.

The relationship between the lifetime ratio and the luminance ratio isfurther derived as:

$\begin{matrix}{\frac{{Lifetime}_{1}}{{Lifetime}_{2}} = \left( \frac{L_{2}}{L_{1}} \right)^{1.5}} & (6)\end{matrix}$

In an embodiment, it is assumed that the original contact area S_(b0) ofthe blue organic light emitting diode with the organic film is equal tothe original contact area S_(r0) of the red organic light emitting diodewith the organic film. Enlarging the contact area of the blue organiclight emitting diode with the organic film will prolong the lifetime ofthe blue organic light emitting diode, matching the lifetime of the blueorganic light emitting diode with the lifetime of the red organic lightemitting diode, and thus to prolong the overall lifetime of the wholeOLED panel. Specifically, Lifetime_(r)=Lifetime_(b) is achieved.

Taking the lifetime of the red organic light emitting diode asreference, we make Lifetime_(b1)=Lifetime_(r0), wherein Lifetime_(b1) isthe lifetime of the blue organic light emitting diode at the enlargedcontact area S_(b1), and Lifetime_(r0) is the lifetime of the redorganic light emitting diode at the original contact area S_(r0). Thenequation (7) can be obtained:

$\begin{matrix}{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}} = \left( \frac{L_{r\; 0}}{L_{b\; 0}} \right)^{1.5}} & (7)\end{matrix}$

wherein Lifetime_(b0) is the lifetime of the blue organic light emittingdiode at the original contact area S_(b0); L_(r0) is the initialluminance of the red organic light emitting diode at the originalcontact area S_(r0); and L_(b0) is the initial luminance of the blueorganic light emitting diode at the original contact area S_(b0).

In addition, following equation (8) can be obtained:

$\begin{matrix}{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{b\; 1}} = {\left( \frac{L_{b\; 1}}{L_{b\; 0}} \right)^{1.5} = {\left( \frac{J_{b\; 1} \cdot E_{b\; 1}}{J_{b\; 0} \cdot E_{b\; 0}} \right)^{1.5} = \left( \frac{I_{b\; 1} \cdot E_{b\; 1} \cdot S_{b\; 0}}{I_{b\; 0} \cdot E_{b\; 0} \cdot S_{b\; 1}} \right)^{1.5}}}} & (8)\end{matrix}$

wherein L_(b1) is the initial luminance of the blue organic lightemitting diode at the enlarged contact area S_(b1); J_(b0) is thecurrent density of the blue organic light emitting diode at the originalcontact area S_(b0); J_(b1) is the current density of the blue organiclight emitting diode at the enlarged contact area S_(b1); E_(b0) is thecurrent efficiency of the blue organic light emitting diode at theoriginal contact area S_(b0); E_(b1) is the current efficiency of theblue organic light emitting diode at the enlarged contact area S_(b1);I_(b0) is the current of the blue organic light emitting diode at theoriginal contact area S_(b0); and I_(b1) is the current of the blueorganic light emitting diode at the enlarged contact area S_(b1).

Because the current efficiency E of the organic light emitting diode isthe same and the panel current I of the organic light emitting diode isthe same in a same processing, following equation (9) and (10) can beobtained:

$\begin{matrix}{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{b\; 1}} = \left( \frac{S_{b\; 0}}{S_{b\; 1}} \right)^{1.5}} & (9)\end{matrix}$

That is,

$\begin{matrix}{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}} = \left( \frac{S_{b\; 0}}{S_{b\; 1}} \right)^{1.5}} & (10)\end{matrix}$

Because the lifetime of the red and blue organic light emitting diodesat the original contact area can be obtained by test, the enlargedcontact area at which the lifetime of the blue organic light emittingdiode can be matched with the lifetime of the red organic light emittingdiode can be obtained as follows:

$\begin{matrix}{S_{b\; 1} = \frac{S_{b\; 0}}{\sqrt[1.5]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}} & (11) \\{{i.e.},{S_{b\; 1} = \frac{S_{r\; 0}}{\sqrt[1.5]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}}} & (12)\end{matrix}$

In this way, we can obtain how much the contact area of the blue organiclight emitting diode should be enlarged with respect to the contact areaof the red organic light emitting diode.

In addition, the lifetime of the green organic light emitting diode isgreater than the lifetime of the blue organic light emitting diode butis shorter than the lifetime of the red organic light emitting diode atthe same contact area, as shown in FIG. 2. Therefore, in anotherembodiment of the disclosure, both the contact area of the blue organiclight emitting diode and the contact area of the green organic lightemitting diode are enlarged, to make the lifetime of the blue, green andred organic light emitting diodes be matched with each other.

Specifically, Lifetime_(r0)=Lifetime_(g1)=Lifetime_(b1) is alsoachieved.

Similar as the above analysis, we can obtain how much the contact areaof the green organic light emitting diode should be enlarged withrespect to the red organic light emitting diode:

$\begin{matrix}{S_{g\; 1} = \frac{S_{g\; 0}}{\sqrt[1.5]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{g\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}} & (13) \\{{i.e.},{S_{g\; 1} = \frac{S_{r\; 0}}{\sqrt[1.5]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{g\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}}} & (14)\end{matrix}$

From equations (12) and (14), the enlarged contact areas of the blue andgreen organic light emitting diodes can be obtained. The various organiclight emitting diodes then can be layout in conjunction with allowablepitch range of pixel.

FIG. 15 illustrates another method for enlarging the contact area of theorganic emitting diode with the organic film according to an embodimentof the disclosure. In FIG. 15, the contact area of the organic emittingdiode with the organic film is enlarged by forming a slope in theorganic film.

In the embodiment, D_(r)=D_(g)=D_(b) is maintained, i.e., the lengths ofthe red, green and blue organic emitting diodes in the horizontaldirection are equal, as shown in FIG. 15.

In this case, the contact area of the blue organic emitting diode withthe organic film is S_(b)=M_(b)*D_(b)/cos è_(b), wherein M_(b) is thelength of the blue organic emitting diode in the vertical direction;D_(b) is the length of the blue organic emitting diode in the horizontaldirection; and è_(b) is the angle of the blue organic emitting diodewith respect to the horizontal direction.

Similarly, the contact area of the green organic emitting diode with theorganic film is S_(g)=M_(g)*D_(g)/cos è_(g), wherein M_(g) is the lengthof the green organic emitting diode in the vertical direction; D_(g) isthe length of the blue organic emitting diode in the horizontaldirection; and è_(g) is the angle of the green organic emitting diodewith respect to the horizontal direction.

From the above, different slopes can be obtained by adjusting è and M,to achieve varying lifetimes of the red, green and blue organic emittingdiodes.

In the embodiment, the lengths of the red, green and blue organicemitting diodes in the horizontal direction are equal. In this way, thelength of the contact area in the horizontal direction is not elongated,thus the resolution is not deteriorated while increasing the lifetime ofthe OLED panel. In addition, the evaporation mask can be commonly usedby just transforming in view that the three organic emitting diodes havethe same horizontal length. In addition, the color displaying effect isgood when the lengths of the red, green and blue organic emitting diodesin the horizontal direction are equal, and display distortion due tolarge D_(g) or D_(b) can be avoided. In addition, the illuminationdensity, and the resulting pixel resolution are kept the same for allred, green and blue colors.

In other embodiment of the disclosure, spherical surface, camberedsurface, convex surface or concave surface can also be used, and theprinciple for shape adjusting and surface calculating is similar as theabove slope surface.

In an embodiment, the layer of the organic light emitting diode and thelayer of the cathode are evaporated in a same process. In this case,these layers may form corresponding radian along with the below layer,so the thickness is not changed and the microcavity adjusting can followthe conditions of the originally designed film thickness (i.e.,microcavity length) of the organic light emitting diode. In addition,considering process precision, the cathode of the organic light emittingdiode may be thinned, to weaken the microcavity effect; or material withgood electrical conductivity and good transparency, such as IZO, is usedto form the cathode, to ensure the performance of the organic lightemitting diode and weaken the microcavity effect (due to the goodtransparency of IZO), so as to achieve a good effect as a whole.

In an embodiment, a convex surface or a concave surface in the organicfilm is used, then the layer of the organic light emitting diode willalso have a convex surface or a concave surface along with the shape ofthe organic film in an evaporation process. In this way, the contactarea of the organic light emitting diode is increased and the lifetimeattenuation of the organic light emitting diode is adjusted. A printingmanner such as an ink jet printing can also be used to achieve a similareffect.

In addition, since the red, green and blue organic light emitting diodesare fabricated with different materials, chroma excursion of white dotdue to unbalanced lifetime attenuation will occur. This issue can alsobe relieved or resolved in the embodiments of the disclosure.

Different embodiments are described above. It can be understood thatthese embodiment can be combined with each other arbitrarily when thereis no conflict. It is obvious that various changes and modifications maybe made to the present invention by those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit and the scope of the present invention.Therefore, the changes and modifications within the scope of claims ofthe present invention and its equivalents are included in the presentinvention.

What is claimed is:
 1. An active matrix organic light emitting diodepanel, comprising: a substrate; a patterned layer comprising thin filmtransistors (TFTs) on the substrate, divided into red, green, and blueregions; a passivation layer disposed on the patterned layer; an organicfilm formed on the passivation layer; and red, green and blue organiclight emitting diodes formed on the organic film, aligning to the red,green, and blue regions respectively; wherein, the red organic lightemitting diode is aligned to the red region, wherein the organic filmabove the red region is flat and has no recess; wherein a first recessis formed on the surface of the organic film above the blue region, andwherein the blue organic light emitting diode is formed on the firstrecess, wherein a contact area of the blue organic light emitting diodewith the organic film is larger than a contact area of the red organiclight emitting diode with the organic film; and wherein the contact areaof the blue organic light emitting diode with the organic film is$\frac{1}{\sqrt[n]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}$  timesas great as the contact area of the red organic light emitting diodewith the organic film, wherein S_(r0) represents the contact area of thered organic light emitting diode with the organic film, Lifetime_(r0)represents a lifetime of the red organic light emitting diode in a casethat the contact area of the red organic light emitting diode with theorganic film is S_(r0); Lifetime_(b0) represents a lifetime of the blueorganic light emitting diode in a case that the contact area of the blueorganic light emitting diode with the organic film is S_(r0); and n is avalue ranging from 1.4 to 1.6.
 2. The active matrix organic lightemitting diode panel according to claim 1, wherein a second recess isformed in the organic film in the green region, and wherein the greenorganic light emitting diode is formed on the second recess, and whereina contact area of the green organic light emitting diode with theorganic film is larger than the contact area of the red organic lightemitting diode with the organic film; wherein the wherein a contact areaof the green organic light emitting diode with the organic film is$\frac{1}{\sqrt[n]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{g\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}$times as great as the contact area of the red organic light emittingdiode with the organic film, wherein Lifetime_(g0) represents a lifetimeof the green organic light emitting diode in a case that the contactarea of the green organic light emitting diode with the organic film isS_(r0).
 3. The active matrix organic light emitting diode panelaccording to claim 1, wherein an opening area of the first recess isequal to the contact area of the red organic light emitting diode withthe organic film.
 4. The active matrix organic light emitting diodepanel according to claim 2, wherein an opening area of the first recessand an opening area of the second recess each is equal to the contactarea of the red organic light emitting diode with the organic film. 5.The active matrix organic light emitting diode panel according to claim1, wherein the first recess is wedge-shaped, W-shaped or hemispherical.6. The active matrix organic light emitting diode panel according toclaim 3, wherein a depth of the first recess is less than or equal to athickness of the organic film.
 7. A method for manufacturing an activematrix organic light emitting diode panel, comprising: providing asubstrate; forming an organic film on the substrate; exposing theorganic film with a gray-tone mask; etching to remove part of theorganic film and forming a first recess on the organic film; and formingred, green and blue organic light emitting diodes on the organic filmaligning to a red, a green, and a blue regions in the organic filmrespectively; wherein the blue organic light emitting diode is formed onthe first recess in the organic film aligned to the blue region, whereinthe organic film above the red region is flat and has no recess, whereina contact area of the blue organic light emitting diode with the organicfilm is larger than a contact area of the red organic light emittingdiode with the organic film; and wherein the contact area of the blueorganic light emitting diode with the organic film is$\frac{1}{\sqrt[n]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{b0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}$  timesas great as the contact area of the red organic light emitting diodewith the organic film, wherein the S_(r0) represents the contact area ofthe red organic light emitting diode with the organic film,Lifetime_(r0) represents a lifetime of the red organic light emittingdiode in a case that the contact area of the red organic light emittingdiode with the organic film is S_(r0); Lifetime_(b0) represents alifetime of the blue organic light emitting diode in a case that thecontact area of the blue organic light emitting diode with the organicfilm is S_(r0); and n is a value ranging from 1.4 to 1.6.
 8. The methodfor manufacturing the active matrix organic light emitting diode panelaccording to claim 7, further comprising forming a second recess on theorganic film, wherein the green organic light emitting diode is formedon the second recess, and wherein a contact area of the green organiclight emitting diode with the organic film is larger than the contactarea of the red organic light emitting diode with the organic film;wherein the contact area of the green organic light emitting diode withthe organic film is$\frac{1}{\sqrt[n]{\frac{{Lifetime}_{g\; 0}}{{Lifetime}_{r\; 0}}}}$times as great as the contact area of the red organic light emittingdiode with the organic film, wherein Lifetime_(g0) represents a lifetimeof the green organic light emitting diode in a case that the contactarea of the green organic light emitting diode with the organic film isS_(r0).
 9. The method for manufacturing the active matrix organic lightemitting diode panel according to claim 7, wherein an opening area ofthe first recess is equal to the contact area of the red organic lightemitting diode with the organic film.
 10. The method for manufacturingthe active matrix organic light emitting diode panel according to claim8, wherein an opening area of the first recess and an opening area ofthe second recess each is equal to the contact area of the red organiclight emitting diode with the organic film.
 11. The method formanufacturing the active matrix organic light emitting diode panelaccording to claim 7, wherein the first recess is wedge-shaped, W-shapedor hemispherical.
 12. The method for manufacturing the active matrixorganic light emitting diode panel according to claim 7, wherein a depthof the first recess is less than or equal to a thickness of the organicfilm.
 13. The method for manufacturing the active matrix organic lightemitting diode panel according to claim 7, wherein, before forming theorganic film on the substrate, the method further comprises: forming aplurality of thin-film transistors on the substrate; and forming apassivation layer on the thin-film transistor.